I’d like to write my motivations but I’d just obsess over it for hours, so I’m only listing the items.

Show:

• Black Sails
• The Expanse
• All 4 (or was it 5?) seasons of Game of Thrones

Books:

• The Expanse
• Blindsight
• Remembrance of Earth’s Past (aka Three Body Problem)
• Children of Ruin

Films:

• Lord of the Rings

There are others I enjoy despite (or regardless of) their quality, for reasons such as nostalgia, certain characters or unique atmosphere. They’re too subjective to be of much interest to anyone else though, probably.